Vol. 127, No. 119 Wednesday, April 4, 2018
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Campus conservatives host ASCSU campaigns By Haley Candelario @H_Candelario98
going to happen overnight, but I think it is those small steps.” The simplyHR business partners not only wanted an innovative, fresh new way to implement sexual assault education into business, but their goal is to produce a resource that can be easily and continuously accessible, a characteristic unlike previous
Editor’s Note: CJ Ash is an opinion columnist for the Rocky Mountain Collegian. Allec Brust formerly was the opinion editor for the Rocky Mountain Collegian. Campus conservatives, libertarians and moderates met Tuesday night for an informal meeting with several candidates running for president and Speaker of the Senate for the Associated Students of Colorado State University to decide who to vote for, but not all of the candidates were in attendance. Presidential candidate Jacob Epperson and his running mate Carter Hill; presidential candidate Tristan Syron and his running mate Kevin Sullivan; presidential candidate Allec Brust; and Speaker of the Senate candidate Ben Amundson pitched their campaign platforms to and answered questions from members of CSU’s Turning Point USA chapter, Young Americans for Liberty, the Conservative Interest Group, the International Conservative Coalition and College Republicans. Neither presidential candidate Liam Aubrey and his running mate Lynsie Roper, nor Speaker of the Senate candidate Merall Sherif, were in attendance. Sherif said she was unaware of the meeting, but said she also did not approach any of the organizations about speaking with them. Aubrey said he heard about the meeting through people he knows who are still a part of the student groups in attendance,
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‘Define the Line’ Tina Todd and Nikki Larchar, co-founders of simplyHR, pose for a photo in their office. The two CSU alumnae have partnered with artist and CSU alumna Moriah Hummer to create “Define the Line,” a comic book outlining sexual harrasment training in the workplace. PHOTO BY ASHLEY POTTS COLLEGIAN
Alumnae create comic to combat sexual harassment By Miranda Moses @mirandasrad
Human resources consulting firm simplyHR serves small businesses, but they seek to create a huge impact. In the wake of the impactful #metoo and Times Up! movements that are facilitating conversation about the devastatingly common
everyday prevalence of sexual assault, Colorado State University alumna and cofounders of of simplyHR Tina Todd and Nikki Larchar are making waves to revolutionize sexual harassment education inside and outside the workplace. Their project, entitled “Define the Line,” is a comic book that aims at combating typical HR training gaps in empowering workers
to advocate for themselves by depicting realistic scenarios that encourage bystander intervention and how powerful those who experience harassment can be. “I am really excited because we are going to be empowering people to take charge and to really feel like, ‘I can actually say something in this moment,’” Larcher said. “That is something that is not
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